Charismatic, right-and-left-brained communicator with more than 11 years expertise in web content, programming, design and usability, and 7 years as a photographer, journalist and media relations professional. Through relentless focus on user experience, produces websites that have:
10/07 - present
Contract Web Developer. Build tools and maintain infrastructure of aidslifecycle.org. Built new site for The Kidney TRUST from designer’s comps using customized WordPress templates. Developed CSS menus, submission forms, and donation system for Manilow Fund for Health & Hope. Updated CSS of Barry Manilow’s website. Built donation system for the Chaka Khan Foundation incorporating Authorize.net’s API.
8/00 – 10/07,
4/97 – 8/99
Web Producer / Content Manager, San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Provided vision and creative talent in using the web to serve the AIDS Foundation's varied constituents. Managed and programmed all of the organization's websites, including SFAF.org, AIDSLifeCycle.org, tspsf.com (The Speed Project) and pgaf.org (Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation). Coordinated more than 1,300 articles as content manager. Created advanced interaction tools in ColdFusion MX. Administered Linux webserver. Supervised Web Services Associate. For 2006 redesign, took SFAF.org through project management life cycle: analysis, design, development, deployment and support.
Freelance Web Consultant, OneTaste Urban Retreat Center, San Francisco. Advised company on web strategy, information architecture, and wireframes for a major site redesign. Took designer's Photoshop comp and converted it into a cross-browser, table-less CSS-driven layout in valid XHTML (compare comp and CSS/XHTML at jeffbrock.com/about/web_work/onetaste/).
8/99 – 8/00
Associate Editor, Satellite Sites/eCenters, PlanetRx.com. Oversaw content for some of the Web's most prominent chronic-condition health sites, including: Diabetes.com, Hepatitis.com, Depression.com, Alzheimers.com, and Arthritis.com. Also maintained comprehensive sites on allergies, asthma, digestive health, and colds & flu. Wrote articles, headlines, display copy, newsletters, and text for interactive tools, including quizzes, polls, and health advisors. Edited articles by health experts and freelance medical reporters. Chose photos, graphics, and article placement. Collaborated with IT project managers, staff pharmacists, message board coordinators, non-profit health partners, and pharmaceutical sponsors.
6/96 – 8/99
Media Relations Associate, San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Coordinated media for the AIDS Foundation and ensured responsible coverage of the AIDS epidemic by print, radio, television and Internet reporters across the United States. Devised and implemented media strategies to promote AIDS Foundation efforts in HIV treatment, HIV prevention, public policy, and development events. Staged press conferences and media events, and wrote press releases, often on tight deadline.
8/95 – 8/99
Freelance Writer, San Francisco, Calif. Contributed lifestyle and entertainment articles to SOMA Magazine and Children's Advocate Newsmagazine.
6/93 – 8/95
Staff Writer, Metro Newspapers, San Jose, Calif. Wrote news, features, profiles and entertainment for Metro, Silicon Valley's alternative weekly. Focused on health, business, education, and youth for The Willow Glen Resident and San Jose City Times.